Brake.



E. F. ORNER.

BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.23. 1914.

1,154,426. Patented sept. 21, 1915.

I I I @l I lo, y:Il E! i i El I A `II El )I Q 5 O dv El 5 ELLIS F.ORNER, OF GOWEN CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.'

'Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application iiled April 23, 1914. Serial No. 833,885.

vTo all whom tt may concern.'

Be it known that I, ELLIS F. ORisER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Growen City, in the county of Northumberland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBrakes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in brakes, and the object is toprovide means connected to the side of a car, such as a mine car, foroperating the brakes or' friction shoes to cause the car to be broughtto a stop or govern its speed. The brakes applied to mine cars areoperated from the side and the operator grasps the brake lever causingthe shoesto be brought into engagement with the wheels of the car, andlocks the lever in the desired position for controlling the momentum ofthe car.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in side elevationshowing the invention applied to a car; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalView on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showingthe position of the levers when in operative position, one of the brakeshoes being shown in engagement with the wheel.

A, represents the car body, and 1, 1 are the wheels. Mounted on the carbody and extending longitudinally thereof is a bar 2. A post consistingof two parallel members 3, 8, is pivotally connected to the bar 2, towhich is pivotally connected a lever 4. A standard 5 is connected to thebar 2, and connected to the standard is a link 6 which has pivotalconnection with the lever 4. Connected to the link 6 and lever 1 areshoe links 7 and 8, respectively. The links 7 and 8 are each providedwith friction shoes 9. When the lever 4l is moved downwardly the post 8is caused to move from a vertical position to practically an acuteangle. This movement of the lever and post imparts a movement to thelinks 7 and 8 forcing them downward and bringing the shoes intoengagement with the peripheries of the wheels. The links 7 and 8 insteadof being forced downwardly in a vertical plane are caused Copies of thispatent may be obtained for .the wheels upon to extend somewhatdiagonally thereby bringing the shoes into engagement with the wheels ina manner so that a greater amount of power or force may be imparted tothe shoes to cause them to impinge tightly upon the wheels and obtainthe greatest braking effect. A toothed bar 10 is connected to the car,and the teeth are adapted to engage the lever for holding it in any ofits adjusted positions. The pivotal connection between the links 7 and 8with the shoes 9, permits the lever 4: and link 6 to impart to the links7 and 8 a force which could not be imparted by the levers if the linkswere rigidly connected to the shoes.

1. The combination with a vehicle and wheels thereon, of friction shoes,links connected therewith, two levers pivotally connected at one end tothe vehicle, pivotally connected with each other, and pivotallyconnected to the links, one of said levers of greater length than theother, having a handle whereby it is operated to simultaneously applythe brakes to the wheels.

2. In a brake, the combination with a car body, having wheels thereon,of a post and astandard connected to the car body, levers pivoted to thepost and standard and to each other, links pivotally connected to thelevers, and friction shoes connected to the links and adapted to bebrought into engagement with the wheels upon the actuation of one of thelevers.

3. In a brake, the combination with a car body having wheels thereon, ofa post, a standard pivotally connected to the car body, levers pivotallyconnected to the post, a standard, links pivotally connected to thelevers and normally held in a vertical position, brake shoes carried bythe links adapted to be brought into engagement with the movement of thelevers, s aid levers adapted to impart motion to said links causing themto assume a diagonal position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

ELLIS F. ORNER.

Witnesses:

PETER W. SCHLEIG, LiLLIE A. SCHLEIG.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

